Every man is of importance to himself, and, therefore, in his own opinion, to others; and, supposing the world already acquainted with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
You cannot, by all the lecturing in the world, enable a man to make a shoe. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
What is the reason that women servants ... have much lower wages than men servants ... when in fact our female house… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Many a man is mad in certain instances, and goes through life without having it perceived. For example, a madness has seized… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Censure is willingly indulged, because it always implies some superiority: men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper search,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of his pride, they are at least sufficient… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . . — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote enquiries. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive . — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Though the wisdom or virtue of one can very rarely make many happy, the folly or vice of one man often make… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
